Puddy and I had a war this morning! She wanted her breakfast so badly. Here are her tactics to convince me to feed her:

1) Jump on me and walk all over me numerous times, purring in my ear and kneading my bladder so I get up to pee (HOW DOES SHE KNOW TO DO THESE THINGS?).2) Munching on houseplants to emphasize how famished she is.3) sound effects for every move she makes. 4) staring at her food dish and meowing.5) chewing on plastic bags to let me know how starving she is and threaten me that she'll actually eat plastic and it is my fault.6) eating ants in the bathroom when I finally get up to let me know how starving she is.7) and finally, letting me sleep past my ideal wake-up time for work because she is blissed out after eating and has no further use for me.

We moved into a little apartment and no longer have a garage so all our bikes are in the living room. So they're now a super fancy climbing apparatis for Frisbee. He left them alone at first but now he thinks they're a shortcut to the window. He's only knocked one down so far. He keeps rubbing along them though and now has splotches of bike grease on him.

I have a gigantic litter box. In fact, it's one of those under-the-bed sweater storage box thingies, without the lid. One of my cats is a bit on the larger side (Maine Coon) and she just can't fit in regular-sized litter boxes.

Despite the fact that this box has ample room for her, she still goes to the very edge of one of the corners to do her business. Usually this means her butt is sticking out and she ends up pooping beside the box. Why??? You have so much room!

_________________I like my bagels like I like my men - big and covered with earth balance & nooch. - Bunniee

I have a gigantic litter box. In fact, it's one of those under-the-bed sweater storage box thingies, without the lid. One of my cats is a bit on the larger side (Maine Coon) and she just can't fit in regular-sized litter boxes.

Despite the fact that this box has ample room for her, she still goes to the very edge of one of the corners to do her business. Usually this means her butt is sticking out and she ends up pooping beside the box. Why??? You have so much room!

I actually know this! Animals that use their feces to scent mark try to get it on the highest point possible. A cat who does this will crepe high on the walls o their litter box. She's probably aiming to get it up on the edge but is aiming just a touch too far out.

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I have a gigantic litter box. In fact, it's one of those under-the-bed sweater storage box thingies, without the lid. One of my cats is a bit on the larger side (Maine Coon) and she just can't fit in regular-sized litter boxes.

Despite the fact that this box has ample room for her, she still goes to the very edge of one of the corners to do her business. Usually this means her butt is sticking out and she ends up pooping beside the box. Why??? You have so much room!

I actually know this! Animals that use their feces to scent mark try to get it on the highest point possible. A cat who does this will crepe high on the walls o their litter box. She's probably aiming to get it up on the edge but is aiming just a touch too far out.

thank you! I'm glad there is a reason and it's not just her being crazy!

_________________I like my bagels like I like my men - big and covered with earth balance & nooch. - Bunniee

Pumpkin has started biting through phone chargers. We are down 7 chargers now, and I have had to switch to an old nokia until I can buy a new charger for my smartphone after she bit through my last spliced charger.

She also bit through the charger for my boyfriend's tablet computer while it was charging. The thing won't turn on. Hopefully it can be fixed. Bad kitty!

My one cat refused to let me sleep late this morning. Her and her sister had been fed and watered and given a cuddle - but no mommy, I don't care if you'd had no sleep, this is not the routine -you must be out of bed, Now!!

Once I was up, she didn't even want any attention. She just crawled in her new favourite laundry basket and went to sleep. You couldn't have done that anyway and let me sleep?! - bad kitty!

my cat was walking across my face in the middle of the night (totally normal) and her foot slipped and tore my lower lip open, and now i have a half-inch scab. it stopped bleeding quickly enough, but when i went back to sleep i had a dream about one of my high school english teachers stitching my face together with a needle and thread in the janitor's closet, and that was probably worse than the actual wound. i love my cat, but, man, she roughs me up. this is my first facial injury in a long time, but my arms are all scratched up right now from her kicking during her dream battles. the night terrors aren't her fault, but stepping on my face was a choice.

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ouch! scratches on lips are so sensitive (anytime i've had one it itches like crazy!). too funny the incident was incorporated into your dream. eep!

i have a permanent scar on my leg from where ms. cat (she's my profile pic) got uber scared and scampered off of my lap many, many years ago. she's no longer with us (we had to let her go two augusts ago. i miss her big orange self), but i have this rock'n scar that reminds me of her every day. <3

I was having a nice snug-fest with Benjamin and then he got jumpy and moved a bit away from me and put his ears back, so I just stayed where I was, and he lunged at me, knocked my glasses off and gave me a cut on my eyebrow. Jerk. And since it's a face-wound it keeps bleeding even though it really isn't that bad. Someone is getting his nails trimmed today and may be getting put back in softpaws if he can't behave.

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Louie and Milton are fighting! Well, I don't think it's serious fighting, but Milton's cute little white nose is getting scratched up. It's his own fault for wrestling with Louie whose favorite movie is the back foot kick, but still. Milton looks like an alley cat with those battle wounds! Louie might have some scratches too but I can't tell on this black coat.

Louie is getting neutered in a week so I'm hoping this means they will both calm down a bit. I've caught Louie humping Milton with his lipstick out a couple of times now, which is likely the reason for the wrestling.